Talib El-Shibib

Talib El-Shibib
Regional Secretary of theRegional Commandof theIraqi Regional Branch
In office 2 February 1960 – May 1962
National Secretary	Michel Aflaq
Preceded by	Fuad al-Rikabi
Succeeded by	Ali Salih al-Sadi
Member of theNational Commandof theArab Socialist Ba'ath Party
In office 1 September 1959 – May 1962
Member of theRegional Commandof theIraqi Regional Branch
In office 11 November 1963 – February 1964
In office 1957 – 25 September 1963
Personal details
Born	22 March 1934
Died	12 October 1997 London, United Kingdom
Political party	Iraqi Regional Branchof theArab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Talib El-Shibib(22 March 1934 – 12 October 1997) was an Iraqi politician. Born inBabylon Province,he studied engineering at Imperial College in London.

El-Shibib was elected to the leadership ofArab Socialist Ba'ath Party,and was one of a triumvirate who planned the later coup against PresidentAbdul Karim Qassim.He became foreign minister under the new regime in 1963.

Internal disagreements led him to go in exile. After thesecond coup in 1968,El-Shibib was given several ambassadorial posts. In 1976 he resigned from the post as Iraqi ambassador to Germany and went into exile again when disagreements arose between him andSaddam Hussein’s policies. He devoted the remainder of his life in exile while campaigning against Saddam and for a democratic Iraq.